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Finally, Netanyahu is like the sifaka lemur, which I got to observe in Madagascar. Sifakas are primates that use bipedal sideways hopping as a primary means of walking. They advance by moving sideways, waving their arms up and down, which makes them appear to be moving even more than they are. That’s Bibi, always shifting side to side to stay in power and avoiding going decisively backward or forward. This week he may have to.

Imagine writing an article and calling a Jew a shifty monkey being the least racist thing you said in it.

Referring to your adversaries as insects and genocide, name a more iconic duo

Now where have I seen bugs used to explain things before...

That’s literally genocide lol. Liberals are deranged

Wasps don’t live in jungles you motherfuck.

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Yeah so this guy apparently had a Pulitzer prize? Just if you needed any more reasons to have zero confidence in "journalists".

This is my favourite part

the wasp “injects its eggs into live caterpillars, and the baby wasp larvae slowly eat the caterpillar from the inside out, bursting out once they have eaten their fill.”

Is there a better description of Lebanon, Yemen, Syria and Iraq today? (-snip-)

Gee idk is there? could there possibly be a better way to discuss geopolitics than describing four entire fucking nations of human beings as nebulous caterpillars? Could there be some sort of framing that might provide insight? These are hard questions from award winning journalist and author Thomas Friedman

Oh wait, there's more:

(-paste-)They are the caterpillars.

Oh! Well ok then, thanks for clearing that up.

2004 - "the world is flat"
2024 - "flatten the Middle East"

Damn, these wars really have depleted NATO stockpiles